Jury Award Too Low For Luvs Maker

April 19, 1985

A U.S. District Court jury on Thursday awarded Procter & Gamble Co. only $2.3 million in damages despite earlier agreeing with the company`s claim that Weyerhaeuser Co. illegally copied the Luvs disposable diaper. Procter & Gamble, makers of the Luvs diaper, said it lost $236 million because of Weyerhaeuser`s infringement on its patent. Procter & Gamble has asked the judge in the case, William Hart, to triple the jury`s award. Procter & Gamble also is seeking an injunction to force Weyerhaeuser to stop selling the alleged imitation of the Luvs diaper. Weyerhaeuser has stated that it will voluntarily stop making the product.